aprendasvsaprendióTell them apart

Which to use

“aprendas” and “aprendió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#24,377
“aprendas” frequency rank
#8,217
“aprendió” frequency rank
32594
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aprendas aprendió
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de aprender o de aprenderse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de aprender o de aprenderse.

Where the eye mixes aprendas and aprendió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. aprendas (VCCVCCVC) and aprendió (VCCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
aprendas
8 ch
aprendió

Why the eye confuses aprendas with aprendió

A purely visual mix-up. aprendas ([aˈpɾẽn̪d̪as]) and aprendió ([apɾẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32594, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aprendas is recorded at frequency rank #24,377, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈpɾẽn̪d̪as]. aprendió is at rank #8,217, tagged as averb, pronounced [apɾẽn̪ˈd̪jo].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 32594, this pair ranks #201,169 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aprendas vs aprendió

Shared letters: adenpr. Private to "aprendas": s. Private to "aprendió": ió.

"aprendas" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "aprendió" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aprendas ← aperndas · apprendas · aprednas · aprenads · aprendass · aprenddas · aprendsa · aprenndas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aprendas" and "aprendió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([aˈpɾẽn̪d̪as] versus [apɾẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "aprendas" or "aprendió" show up more?
"aprendió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,217 in our Spanish list, against #24,377 for "aprendas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aprendas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aprendió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #201,169 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aprendas" and "aprendió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aprendas vs aprendía". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #201,169 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list